Give Us Our Daily Bread

^[17] The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. ^[18] And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed. ^[19] Then Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.” ^[20] However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them. ^[21] Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. ^[22] On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much-two omers for each person-and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. ^[23] He said to them, “This is what the LORD commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.'” ^[24] So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. ^[25] “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a sabbath to the LORD. You will not find any of it on the ground today. ^[26] Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.” Scripture taken from the THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, NIV Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.